If there is one thing you can expect from a Phish show, it is the unexpected.

The legendary Burlington, Vermont jam band, featuring Trey Anastasio (guitar, vocals), Mike Gordon (bass, vocals), Page McConnell (keyboards, vocals), and Jon Fishman (drums, vocals), has done an excellent job of never playing the same set twice.

So when they realized that this summer residency of five concerts at Madison Square Garden would mark their 92nd through 96th shows at the historic venue, they came up with the perfect idea.

Instead of playing an entire set from 1992, for example, they would intentionally choose songs associated with that year.

They would also sport clothes from that era, revive old jokes, and bring back some old faves.

The creativity and joy the band have been able to share with the sold-out crowds has been delightful.

"I’m a jaded vet and it’s been a long time since Phish gave me legit goosebumps through most of a show," Moz Apologist wrote on Twitter. "This whole MSG run I feel like I’m in 8th grade again."

July 22, show #92, thus 1992

For starters Trey wore a sleeveless shirt, Mike and Trey bounced on mini trampolines during “Mike’s Song,” and the two performed their old bicycle-kick choreography during “I Am Hydrogen.”

Jon Fishman stepped forward with his vacuum cleaner for Syd Barrett’s “Love You,” while Trey played the drums.

1992 was a pivotal year for the group who released their third studio album, A Picture of Nectar, that February. It was their first LP on Elektra Records and contained future favorites “Stash,” “Tweezer,” “Chalk Dust Torture,” “Cavern,” “Glide” and “Llama.”

In '92 they played 125 concerts which included their first European tour, opening primarily for the Violent Femmes.

They also rocked the Roskilde Festival in '92, participated in the inaugural H.O.R.D.E. tour, and spent part of the summer opening for Mr. Carlos Santana.

On opening night they dusted off several tunes they hadn't played in quite a while. “Glide” for the first time in 225 shows, “Vibration of Life” (1,027 shows), Foreigner’s “Cold as Ice” (1,468), and Syd Barrett’s “Love You” (382).

July 24, show #93, thus 1993

1993 was another big year for the quartet who dropped their fourth studio album, Rift, on February 2, 1993. The concept album spawned “Lengthwise,” “Maze,” “The Wedge” and “Weigh,” all of which appeared during show #93 at MSG.

Trey accepted the time warp challenge by wearing a Marvin the Martian T-shirt over a red long-sleeved shirt, an outfit he frequently wore onstage in 1993.

Finding their way back in a set were a number of tunes, the longest being “Big Ball Jam” which hadn't been played in 1,170 shows, ZZ Top's “La Grange” (531 shows), Artie Shaw's “Sweet Adeline” (358), The Who's “Sparks” (357) and “Kung” (258 shows).

“Big Ball Jam,” hadn't been performed since 1994. It was revived along with giant balls bouncing over the audience. Trey briefly put down his guitar and helped form a human basketball rim near the stage. Nothing but net.

July 25, show #94, thus 1994

Trey dug up his old Pepe Le Pew T-shirt, and Gordon returned to the dark shirt-and-shorts look from 1994.

The group even incorporated The Ed Sullivan Show intro into a cover of the Beatles’ “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” recreating their '94 Halloween set.

That was the year Phish dropped their fifth studio album, Hoist, which hit stores on March 29 and became their biggest album at that point, peaking at #34 on the Billboard 200.

The LP included “Down With Disease,” “Sample in a Jar,” “Julius,” “Lifeboy” and “Wolfman’s Brother,” all of which they played during the 2026 MSG show.

Night three contained four major revivals: AC/DC's “Highway to Hell” which hadn't be summoned in 659 shows, Prince's “Purple Rain” (535 shows), “Back in the U.S.S.R.” (485) and “Catapult” (223 shows).

After “The Squirming Coil” closed the second set, Jon stepped forward off the drums to sing “Purple Rain,” reviving the Prince cover and do his old vacuum-cleaner routine. Trey moved back to guitar midway through the tune and the band finished with the inevitable “Tweezer Reprise,” while Fishman continued humming “Purple Rain.”

July 27, show #95, thus 1995

Before the music began, Page McConnell moved a piece on a chessboard, reviving the audience-versus-band chess match that Phish conducted throughout its 1995 fall tour.

Phish took a break from releasing new material in 1995, but it dropped its first live album, A Live One, that June. And what a great one.

The double album was culled from performances recorded during the previous year and new audiences got to hear what the band was all about in concert.

Meanwhile Phish was developing material for its forthcoming LP, Billy Breathes, including “Theme From the Bottom,” “Taste,” “Free,” “Strange Design” and “Prince Caspian,” all of which appeared during MSG show #95.

The group booked 83 gigs in 1995. Of note was the Halloween show at the Rosemont Horizon outside of Chicago, where they performed the Who’s Quadrophenia in full; and the three-set New Year’s Eve marathon at MSG later ranked by Rolling Stone among the greatest concerts of the 1990s.

There were three tunes the band unearthed for the special show, Chuck Berry's “Johnny B. Goode” which hadn't been played in 927 shows, “Ha Ha Ha” (231 shows), and The Who's “Drowned” (113 shows).

Phish closes out their residency tonight at MSG. Hello, 1996.

Then they play a pair of shows at Fenway Park, then a trio of gigs at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Colorado.

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